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*- fm essence, the conflict was » For the Eastéfn| gangsters saw no reason to per- mit Chicago influence in the affairs of Liston, then. fighting out of Philadelphia: . The three Commission | big shots had been. in Carbo’s cor- r for years, throwing th \derworld power “behind: $ heme to control boxers presumably taking a slice of his end of the purses. Moreover, Carbo was al member of the La Cosa Nostra “family”"—or gang—headed by Pucchese in New York. Giancana put on the pres- sure to the accompaniment of wails from Glickman that he was getting nothing for the 1 $45,000 he “loaned” to Carbo 4 | H 4 and Palermo. But Bruno, Pucchese and Gambino, at the risk of knock- ing heads with Giancana on’ the level of the Commission | stuck with Carbo in his decisi kick out Glickman. Asks For It At the insistence of Gia#- , the deadlock over Lis- i ton’s contract was laid before the Commission at a conference ‘in Atlantic City early in 1961. In a conclave in which Gi- ‘ ancana, Gambino, Bruno’ and 4 t . Pucchese participated with oth- er Commission members, the decision went against Giancana. The Commission ruled that the Chicago mob was out of bounds with the Glickman-Lis- ton caper. Glickman, accord- ing to government informants, never did recover his share of ‘ Liston’s contract. { The victors in this dispute, ‘Carbo and Palermo, did not | stay out of trouble for long, : however. ~ Later in 1961, both were con- © ‘victed in- the boxing extortion conspiracy” in California — where the Commission had a hem authority to _ “muscle” fight managers. — An FBI investigatj - sulted “ii, the trial of Gite, Palermo and three other box- ing figures for an attempt to cut in on the earnings of Don Jordan, former world’s welter- weight champion. The defendants were accused of threatening a fight promot- er, Jackie Leonard, to extort a share of Jordan’s earnings, Carbo and Palermo were con- victed in Los Angeles on May